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Quarantine (film)
Encyclopedia
Quarantine is a 2008 American horror film
, directed by John Erick Dowdle
and starring Jennifer Carpenter
, Jay Hernandez
, Columbus Short
, Steve Harris
, Rade Šerbedžija
, Greg Germann
, Bernard White
, and Johnathon Schaech
. The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film REC
with a few exceptions such as added scenes and dialogue. Shot in the "found footage
" style, the movie was released on October 10, 2008 by Screen Gems
. The film features no incidental music, being "scored" only with sound effects. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics.
) and her cameraman, Scott Percival (Steve Harris
), are assigned to follow two firefighters: Jake (Jay Hernandez
) and Fletcher (Johnathon Schaech
) on their night shift. The crew responds to an emergency call from an apartment complex. The apartment manager, Yuri (Rade Šerbedžija
), says that he and other residents heard screams from an old woman's room named Mrs. Espinoza, who has locked herself in her apartment. Jake, Fletcher, Yuri, police officers Danny (Columbus Short
) and James (Andrew Fiscella
), and the camera crew go to the apartment, where they find Mrs. Espinoza in serious conditions; she is bleeding severely and foaming at the mouth. Moments later, they are attacked by Espinoza, who bites James in the neck. They take him downstairs for medical assistance, while Fletcher stays with a now sedated Mrs. Espinoza upstairs. However, when they get downstairs, they find the apartment doors have been locked from the outside, leaving everyone, including several residents, trapped inside. Upstairs, Fletcher is attacked by Mrs. Espinoza and thrown from the railing to the ground, leaving him in serious conditions. Lawrence (Greg Germann
), a veterinarian, starts tending to the injured as best as possible.
Angela and Scott return to Espinoza's apartment where they witness the cleaning woman die. Jake and Danny show up and find Espinoza, with blood on her mouth and dress and her eyes bleeding. She charges at them, but Danny shoots and kills her. Jake, Scott, and Angela head room to room to bring down anymore guests; they bring down Randy (Denis O'Hare
), Jwahir (Sharon Ferguson) and Nadif (Jermaine Jackson
) (an African couple who don't speak english), and Elise, a woman who has many similar symptoms as Mrs. Espinoza.
The residents begin to panic as the CDC
quarantines the building. Meanwhile, Angela interviews the tenants. A little girl named Briana (Joey King
) is sick with the flu and says that her dog Max is at the vet
because he's sick as well. After the interviews, Lawrence explains more about the conditions of Fletcher, Elise, and James; they all have rabies-like symptoms.
Angela and Scott follow residents Bernard (Bernard White
) and Sadie (Dania Ramirez
) back to their apartment to check the TV news. On the way, they witness Randy be killed by a dog. Once inside the room, they watch the televised report which states that everyone has been evacuated from the building, then the power goes out. Elise apears and turns violent attacking the others, but Scott bashes her head in repeatedly with his camera.
Two health inspector wearing hazmat suits arrive and attempt to treat Fletcher and the policeman by taking a brain sample. Suddenly, Fletcher attacks and bites one of the inspectors. While evacuating, Lawrence is trapped with the infected and is bitten.
The surviving health inspector reveals that the previous day, a dog was taken to a local veterinarian. The dog became violent and killed or infected the other pets at the clinic, causing them to be euthanized
. The CDC traced the dog back to the apartment building. The inspector tells the residents that this unknown but highly virulent disease turns people into bloodthirsty savages. Angela discovers that the infected dog was Max, Briana's dog.
The remaining survivors become skeptical that Briana's illness is actually the flu. Suddenly, Briana becomes savage as well and bites her mother, Kathy (Marin Hinkle
) before escaping upstairs. Kathy is handcuffed to the stair railing to stop her from trying to protect Briana. Angela, Scott, Jake and Danny find Briana in Espinoza's apartment. When Danny attempts to sedate the girl, Briana bites him. They rush downstairs only to find everyone else running upstairs in fear, for they find the infected have broken through the shutter. Jake tries to close the shutter, as Angela tries to free Kathy. When they can't find the key, Jake drags Angela upstairs, leaving Kathy to die by the infected. As everyone runs upstairs, Jwahir and Nadif are both separated and bitten.
The survivors are now down to eight: Angela, Jake, Scott, Sadie, Bernard, Yuri, his wife Wanda (Elaine Kagan), and the inspector who lock themselves in an empty apartment. The inspetor locks himself in an adjacent room when he realizes he has been bitten. They also realize Sadie has been bitten when she coughs up blood on herself. Bernard pleas with them not to kill Sadie, and out of desperation tries to escape, but he is shot and killed by a sniper. Yuri remembers another way out; in the basement, there is a large drain that is connected to the sewers, but the keys are in his apartment. Suddenly, the health inspector succumbs to the infection and kills Yuri. Jake, Wanda, Angela, and Scott try to escape, but Wanda is killed by Sadie. As they escape, they must fight off the infected as they work toward Yuri's apartment. After Jake and Scott break Sadie's neck, the group reaches Yuri's apartment and finds his key ring.
Jake is killed by Yuri, leaving Angela and Scott as the only survivors. Rather than making their way to the basement, they are forced upstairs to the attic apartment by Danny, who is now fully infected. They search the apartment and discover that its former tenant was a member of a doomsday cult; he broke into a chemical weapons lab and stole a virus.
As Angela and Scott continue through the apartment, a door opens from the attic and Scott uses the light on the camera to investigate. An infected boy swats at the camera, breaking the light. Scott turns on the camera's night vision. Scott and Angela hear loud banging noises inside the apartment. When Scott looks around, he sees a man.
The man, a ghoulishly emaciated figure, searches the kitchen area, unaware of Angela and Scott's presence. Scott tries to escape but trips and is viciously attacked. He drops the camera. Angela retrieves it and sees the man eating Scott. Unable to control herself, she cries out and is attacked as well and drops the camera. The camera records Angela being dragged into the darkness, screaming.
Quarantine was released February 17, 2009, on DVD and Blu-Ray.
In Australia, the original release date was November 6, which was pushed back to December 4.
reported that 59% of critics gave positive reviews based on 77 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an aggregate score of 54%, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Quarantine received a 70% from Bloody Disgusting
and Fangoria magazine gave the film a 87.5%.
In Australia, Empire magazine was lukewarm in its response. "Just when you thought it was safe to declare Spanish zombie flick REC one of the year’s best horrors, the Hollywood remake is already squatting upon us." They were critical of the rushed and copied-verbatim style of the remake. They weren't entirely dismissive, though, adding that "it shows the strength of the source that Quarantine still offers a clammy, pulsing, flipping, fingernail-scraping experience." They also stated "while Jennifer Carpenter shows she hasn’t lost the lungs from her death-rattling screams in The Exorcism of Emily Rose
, she forever feels like an actress playing a reporter. ... Any edginess has been painted over with a thick slap of Hollywood gloss, which begs the question: doesn't a slick remake of a reality horror rather defeat the point?" They finished by labeling the film "efficient enough" but that viewers who had already seen Rec should steer clear.
On its opening day, the film grossed $5,379,867, ranking #1 in the box office. The film opened at #2, behind the second weekend of Beverly Hills Chihuahua
, earning $14,211,321 in its opening weekend. Its total gross is $41,319,906 worldwide.
announced that John Pogue will direct the sequel
, Quarantine 2: Terminal
, which will focus on an outbreak in an airport. This storyline will deviate greatly from the sequel of REC. REC²
deals with the immediate aftermath of REC
, still based in the apartment block, and not in an airport.
Mercedes Masohn and Josh Cooke
have been cast as the leads, a stewardess and a kindergarten teacher.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
, directed by John Erick Dowdle
John Erick Dowdle
John Erick Dowdle is a U.S. director, producer, screenwriter, and editor.-Early life:Dowdle grew up in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. After graduating from the St. Thomas Academy, an all-boys, military, Catholic high school, Dowdle moved to Iowa City, Iowa to attend the University of Iowa. There he...
and starring Jennifer Carpenter
Jennifer Carpenter
Jennifer Leann Carpenter is an American actress, known for her portrayal of Emily Rose in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Debra Morgan on Dexter, and the lead role in the 2008 horror movie Quarantine.-Early life:...
, Jay Hernandez
Jay Hernandez
Javier Manuel "Jay" Hernandez, Jr. is an American actor.-Early life and career:Hernandez was born in Montebello, California, the son of Isis , a secretary and accountant, and Javier Hernandez, Sr., a mechanic. He has a younger sister, Amelia, and two older brothers, Michael and Gabriel. Hernandez...
, Columbus Short
Columbus Short
Columbus Keith Short, Jr. is an American choreographer, actor, and singer. He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman...
, Steve Harris
Steve Harris (actor)
Steve Harris is an American actor who has appeared in a number of films including; Quarantine, Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Bringing Down The House, The Rock, The Mod Squad, and Minority Report. He is most famous for his role as Eugene Young on the legal drama The Practice...
, Rade Šerbedžija
Rade Šerbedžija
Rade Šerbedžija , occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb origin. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in...
, Greg Germann
Greg Germann
Gregory Andrew "Greg" Germann is an American actor. He played the roles of Richard Fish in the television series Ally McBeal, businessman Mattson from Child's Play 2 and the vet Laurence from Quarantine...
, Bernard White
Bernard White
Bernard White is a Sri Lankan-born English actor, screenwriter and film director. A 1977 graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School, he graduated from Michigan State University. He was previously married to American actress Julia Campbell and French actress Nathalie Canessa-White...
, and Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech is an American actor, writer, and director.-Early life:Schaech was born in Edgewood, Maryland to Joseph, a Baltimore City law enforcement officer, and Joanne Schaech, a human resources executive. He is of German and Italian descent, and was raised Roman Catholic...
. The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film REC
REC (film)
REC is a 2007 Spanish horror film co-written and co-directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza.The film was released in Spain in November 2007. Balaguero and Plaza previously directed the 2002 documentary OT, The Movie. REC was filmed using shaky camerawork...
with a few exceptions such as added scenes and dialogue. Shot in the "found footage
Found footage (genre)
Found footage is a genre of filmmaking, especially horror, in which all or a substantial part of a film is presented as discovered film or video recordings, often left behind by missing or dead protagonists. The events onscreen are seen through the camera of one or more of the characters involved,...
" style, the movie was released on October 10, 2008 by Screen Gems
Screen Gems
Screen Gems is an American movie production company and subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
. The film features no incidental music, being "scored" only with sound effects. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics.
Plot
A television reporter, Angela Vidal (Jennifer CarpenterJennifer Carpenter
Jennifer Leann Carpenter is an American actress, known for her portrayal of Emily Rose in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Debra Morgan on Dexter, and the lead role in the 2008 horror movie Quarantine.-Early life:...
) and her cameraman, Scott Percival (Steve Harris
Steve Harris (actor)
Steve Harris is an American actor who has appeared in a number of films including; Quarantine, Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Bringing Down The House, The Rock, The Mod Squad, and Minority Report. He is most famous for his role as Eugene Young on the legal drama The Practice...
), are assigned to follow two firefighters: Jake (Jay Hernandez
Jay Hernandez
Javier Manuel "Jay" Hernandez, Jr. is an American actor.-Early life and career:Hernandez was born in Montebello, California, the son of Isis , a secretary and accountant, and Javier Hernandez, Sr., a mechanic. He has a younger sister, Amelia, and two older brothers, Michael and Gabriel. Hernandez...
) and Fletcher (Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech is an American actor, writer, and director.-Early life:Schaech was born in Edgewood, Maryland to Joseph, a Baltimore City law enforcement officer, and Joanne Schaech, a human resources executive. He is of German and Italian descent, and was raised Roman Catholic...
) on their night shift. The crew responds to an emergency call from an apartment complex. The apartment manager, Yuri (Rade Šerbedžija
Rade Šerbedžija
Rade Šerbedžija , occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb origin. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in...
), says that he and other residents heard screams from an old woman's room named Mrs. Espinoza, who has locked herself in her apartment. Jake, Fletcher, Yuri, police officers Danny (Columbus Short
Columbus Short
Columbus Keith Short, Jr. is an American choreographer, actor, and singer. He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman...
) and James (Andrew Fiscella
Andrew Fiscella
Andrew "Andy" Fiscella is an American actor most notably known for his roles in the film Quarantine and The Final Destination. He also appeared in Ice Cube's music video "Why We Thugs".- Filmography :- Television :...
), and the camera crew go to the apartment, where they find Mrs. Espinoza in serious conditions; she is bleeding severely and foaming at the mouth. Moments later, they are attacked by Espinoza, who bites James in the neck. They take him downstairs for medical assistance, while Fletcher stays with a now sedated Mrs. Espinoza upstairs. However, when they get downstairs, they find the apartment doors have been locked from the outside, leaving everyone, including several residents, trapped inside. Upstairs, Fletcher is attacked by Mrs. Espinoza and thrown from the railing to the ground, leaving him in serious conditions. Lawrence (Greg Germann
Greg Germann
Gregory Andrew "Greg" Germann is an American actor. He played the roles of Richard Fish in the television series Ally McBeal, businessman Mattson from Child's Play 2 and the vet Laurence from Quarantine...
), a veterinarian, starts tending to the injured as best as possible.
Angela and Scott return to Espinoza's apartment where they witness the cleaning woman die. Jake and Danny show up and find Espinoza, with blood on her mouth and dress and her eyes bleeding. She charges at them, but Danny shoots and kills her. Jake, Scott, and Angela head room to room to bring down anymore guests; they bring down Randy (Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare is an American actor noted for his award winning performances in Take Me Out and Sweet Charity as well as the HBO television show True Blood. He is also known for his supporting roles in the films Charlie Wilson's War and Milk...
), Jwahir (Sharon Ferguson) and Nadif (Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director...
) (an African couple who don't speak english), and Elise, a woman who has many similar symptoms as Mrs. Espinoza.
The residents begin to panic as the CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
quarantines the building. Meanwhile, Angela interviews the tenants. A little girl named Briana (Joey King
Joey King
Joey Lynn King is an American child actress and singer who is known for her starring role as Ramona Quimby in the 2010 adaption of Beverly Cleary's well-known book series with the same title.- Personal life :...
) is sick with the flu and says that her dog Max is at the vet
Veterinarian
A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....
because he's sick as well. After the interviews, Lawrence explains more about the conditions of Fletcher, Elise, and James; they all have rabies-like symptoms.
Angela and Scott follow residents Bernard (Bernard White
Bernard White
Bernard White is a Sri Lankan-born English actor, screenwriter and film director. A 1977 graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School, he graduated from Michigan State University. He was previously married to American actress Julia Campbell and French actress Nathalie Canessa-White...
) and Sadie (Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez is a Dominican-American TV and film actress.She is most recently known for playing Alex in Entourage, Maya Herrera in Heroes and Blanca during the last season of The Sopranos. She also played antagonist Callisto in X-Men: The Last Stand.-Early life:Ramirez was born in Santo Domingo,...
) back to their apartment to check the TV news. On the way, they witness Randy be killed by a dog. Once inside the room, they watch the televised report which states that everyone has been evacuated from the building, then the power goes out. Elise apears and turns violent attacking the others, but Scott bashes her head in repeatedly with his camera.
Two health inspector wearing hazmat suits arrive and attempt to treat Fletcher and the policeman by taking a brain sample. Suddenly, Fletcher attacks and bites one of the inspectors. While evacuating, Lawrence is trapped with the infected and is bitten.
The surviving health inspector reveals that the previous day, a dog was taken to a local veterinarian. The dog became violent and killed or infected the other pets at the clinic, causing them to be euthanized
Euthanasia
Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering....
. The CDC traced the dog back to the apartment building. The inspector tells the residents that this unknown but highly virulent disease turns people into bloodthirsty savages. Angela discovers that the infected dog was Max, Briana's dog.
The remaining survivors become skeptical that Briana's illness is actually the flu. Suddenly, Briana becomes savage as well and bites her mother, Kathy (Marin Hinkle
Marin Hinkle
Marin Elizabeth Hinkle is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing the role of Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan Harper's ex-wife on the hit series Two and a Half Men and her role as Judy Brooks the sister of the series lead Lily Manning on Once and Again.-Career:Hinkle started her career on...
) before escaping upstairs. Kathy is handcuffed to the stair railing to stop her from trying to protect Briana. Angela, Scott, Jake and Danny find Briana in Espinoza's apartment. When Danny attempts to sedate the girl, Briana bites him. They rush downstairs only to find everyone else running upstairs in fear, for they find the infected have broken through the shutter. Jake tries to close the shutter, as Angela tries to free Kathy. When they can't find the key, Jake drags Angela upstairs, leaving Kathy to die by the infected. As everyone runs upstairs, Jwahir and Nadif are both separated and bitten.
The survivors are now down to eight: Angela, Jake, Scott, Sadie, Bernard, Yuri, his wife Wanda (Elaine Kagan), and the inspector who lock themselves in an empty apartment. The inspetor locks himself in an adjacent room when he realizes he has been bitten. They also realize Sadie has been bitten when she coughs up blood on herself. Bernard pleas with them not to kill Sadie, and out of desperation tries to escape, but he is shot and killed by a sniper. Yuri remembers another way out; in the basement, there is a large drain that is connected to the sewers, but the keys are in his apartment. Suddenly, the health inspector succumbs to the infection and kills Yuri. Jake, Wanda, Angela, and Scott try to escape, but Wanda is killed by Sadie. As they escape, they must fight off the infected as they work toward Yuri's apartment. After Jake and Scott break Sadie's neck, the group reaches Yuri's apartment and finds his key ring.
Jake is killed by Yuri, leaving Angela and Scott as the only survivors. Rather than making their way to the basement, they are forced upstairs to the attic apartment by Danny, who is now fully infected. They search the apartment and discover that its former tenant was a member of a doomsday cult; he broke into a chemical weapons lab and stole a virus.
As Angela and Scott continue through the apartment, a door opens from the attic and Scott uses the light on the camera to investigate. An infected boy swats at the camera, breaking the light. Scott turns on the camera's night vision. Scott and Angela hear loud banging noises inside the apartment. When Scott looks around, he sees a man.
The man, a ghoulishly emaciated figure, searches the kitchen area, unaware of Angela and Scott's presence. Scott tries to escape but trips and is viciously attacked. He drops the camera. Angela retrieves it and sees the man eating Scott. Unable to control herself, she cries out and is attacked as well and drops the camera. The camera records Angela being dragged into the darkness, screaming.
Cast
- Jennifer CarpenterJennifer CarpenterJennifer Leann Carpenter is an American actress, known for her portrayal of Emily Rose in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Debra Morgan on Dexter, and the lead role in the 2008 horror movie Quarantine.-Early life:...
as Angela Vidal (Reporter) - Steve HarrisSteve Harris (actor)Steve Harris is an American actor who has appeared in a number of films including; Quarantine, Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Bringing Down The House, The Rock, The Mod Squad, and Minority Report. He is most famous for his role as Eugene Young on the legal drama The Practice...
as Scott Percival (Cameraman) - Jay HernandezJay HernandezJavier Manuel "Jay" Hernandez, Jr. is an American actor.-Early life and career:Hernandez was born in Montebello, California, the son of Isis , a secretary and accountant, and Javier Hernandez, Sr., a mechanic. He has a younger sister, Amelia, and two older brothers, Michael and Gabriel. Hernandez...
as Jake (Fireman) - Johnathon SchaechJohnathon SchaechJohnathon Schaech is an American actor, writer, and director.-Early life:Schaech was born in Edgewood, Maryland to Joseph, a Baltimore City law enforcement officer, and Joanne Schaech, a human resources executive. He is of German and Italian descent, and was raised Roman Catholic...
as George Fletcher (Fireman) - Columbus ShortColumbus ShortColumbus Keith Short, Jr. is an American choreographer, actor, and singer. He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman...
as Danny Wilensky (Officer) - Andrew FiscellaAndrew FiscellaAndrew "Andy" Fiscella is an American actor most notably known for his roles in the film Quarantine and The Final Destination. He also appeared in Ice Cube's music video "Why We Thugs".- Filmography :- Television :...
as James McCreedy (Officer) - Rade ŠerbedžijaRade ŠerbedžijaRade Šerbedžija , occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb origin. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in...
as Yuri Ivanov (Apartment manager) - Greg GermannGreg GermannGregory Andrew "Greg" Germann is an American actor. He played the roles of Richard Fish in the television series Ally McBeal, businessman Mattson from Child's Play 2 and the vet Laurence from Quarantine...
as Lawrence (Veterinarian) - Bernard White as Bernard
- Dania RamirezDania RamirezDania Ramirez is a Dominican-American TV and film actress.She is most recently known for playing Alex in Entourage, Maya Herrera in Heroes and Blanca during the last season of The Sopranos. She also played antagonist Callisto in X-Men: The Last Stand.-Early life:Ramirez was born in Santo Domingo,...
as Sadie - Elaine Kagan as Wanda Ivanov (Yuri's wife)
- Marin HinkleMarin HinkleMarin Elizabeth Hinkle is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing the role of Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan Harper's ex-wife on the hit series Two and a Half Men and her role as Judy Brooks the sister of the series lead Lily Manning on Once and Again.-Career:Hinkle started her career on...
as Kathy (Brianna's mom) - Joey KingJoey KingJoey Lynn King is an American child actress and singer who is known for her starring role as Ramona Quimby in the 2010 adaption of Beverly Cleary's well-known book series with the same title.- Personal life :...
as Briana (Little girl) - Jermaine A. Jackson as Nadif
- Sharon Ferguson as Jwahir
- Denis O'HareDenis O'HareDenis O'Hare is an American actor noted for his award winning performances in Take Me Out and Sweet Charity as well as the HBO television show True Blood. He is also known for his supporting roles in the films Charlie Wilson's War and Milk...
as Randy - Stacy Chbosky as Elise Jackson
- Jeannie EpperJeannie EpperJeannie Epper is an American stuntwoman and actress. She has performed stunts in over 100 feature films and television series and is perhaps best known as Lynda Carter's double on the Wonder Woman series. She was featured in Amanda Micheli's 2004 documentary Double Dare, along with New Zealand...
as Mrs. Espinoza - Barry Sigismondi as Bob Orton
- Craig Susser as Hazmat Doctor
- Doug JonesDoug Jones (actor)Doug Jones is an American film and television actor best known to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fans for his various roles playing non-human characters, often in heavy makeup, in films and television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Fantastic Four: Rise...
as Thin Infected Man
Release
Quarantine had an initial release date of October 17, 2008, but was moved forward and released on October 10, 2008.Quarantine was released February 17, 2009, on DVD and Blu-Ray.
In Australia, the original release date was November 6, which was pushed back to December 4.
Reception
Quarantine, which was not screened for US critics, received positive to mixed reviews from critics. Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
reported that 59% of critics gave positive reviews based on 77 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an aggregate score of 54%, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Quarantine received a 70% from Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting is a website that covers horror movies with reviews, interviews and news. It is currently run by Brad Miska, and Tom Owen. According to one source, the site has 1.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. It is widely considered to be the "world's most...
and Fangoria magazine gave the film a 87.5%.
In Australia, Empire magazine was lukewarm in its response. "Just when you thought it was safe to declare Spanish zombie flick REC one of the year’s best horrors, the Hollywood remake is already squatting upon us." They were critical of the rushed and copied-verbatim style of the remake. They weren't entirely dismissive, though, adding that "it shows the strength of the source that Quarantine still offers a clammy, pulsing, flipping, fingernail-scraping experience." They also stated "while Jennifer Carpenter shows she hasn’t lost the lungs from her death-rattling screams in The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 American courtroom drama horror film directed by Scott Derrickson. The film is loosely based on the story of Anneliese Michel and follows a self-proclaimed agnostic defense lawyer representing a parish priest who is accused by the state of negligent homicide...
, she forever feels like an actress playing a reporter. ... Any edginess has been painted over with a thick slap of Hollywood gloss, which begs the question: doesn't a slick remake of a reality horror rather defeat the point?" They finished by labeling the film "efficient enough" but that viewers who had already seen Rec should steer clear.
On its opening day, the film grossed $5,379,867, ranking #1 in the box office. The film opened at #2, behind the second weekend of Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 family comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and released on October 3, 2008...
, earning $14,211,321 in its opening weekend. Its total gross is $41,319,906 worldwide.
Sequel
In March 2010, Screen GemsScreen Gems
Screen Gems is an American movie production company and subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
announced that John Pogue will direct the sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
, Quarantine 2: Terminal
Quarantine 2: Terminal
Quarantine 2: Terminal is a 2011 American horror film directed by John Pogue and produced by Marc Brienstock. It stars Mercedes Masohn, Josh Cooke and Mattie Liptak and is a sequel to the 2008 film, Quarantine...
, which will focus on an outbreak in an airport. This storyline will deviate greatly from the sequel of REC. REC²
REC 2
REC 2 or [●REC]² is the 2009 Spanish horror film sequel to 2007's REC. Written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, both of whom returned from the previous film, the story takes place immediately after the events of the first film, with producing company Filmax International describing...
deals with the immediate aftermath of REC
REC (film)
REC is a 2007 Spanish horror film co-written and co-directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza.The film was released in Spain in November 2007. Balaguero and Plaza previously directed the 2002 documentary OT, The Movie. REC was filmed using shaky camerawork...
, still based in the apartment block, and not in an airport.
Mercedes Masohn and Josh Cooke
Josh Cooke
-Biography:Cooke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended Harriton High School, a small public high school in Rosemont, a suburb of Philadelphia. He was a member of Harriton Theater Company and directed a show his senior year. He has received acting awards including the James Pendleton...
have been cast as the leads, a stewardess and a kindergarten teacher.
Awards
- 20092009 in filmThe year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...
: Reaper Awards "Best Zombie Film" - 2009 FangoriaFangoriaFangoria is an American magazine devoted to horror and exploitation films, which has a number of associated brands:* Fangoria Comics* Fangoria Films* Fangoria RadioFangoria may also refer to:* Fangoria , a Spanish electro pop band...
Chainsaw Awards: 2nd place for Best Make-Up/Creature FX (Robert Hall) - 2009 Saturn Award for Best Horror FilmSaturn Award for Best Horror FilmThe following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Horror Film:-References:...
nomination